Oracle VM VirtualBox: Ticket #3312: No Audio/Sound in Windows Server 2008 Guest on GNU/Linux Hosthttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312
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In regards to <a class="wiki" href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox">VirtualBox</a> 2.1.2. Audio works in Windows XP as a guest on Kubuntu 9.04. It uses PulseAudio/ICH AC97 without a problem. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for a Windows Server 2008 installation.
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I've enabled audio in WS08 *but* still see "No Audio Device Output is Installed" after logon. Checking sounds in Playback/Recording say "No Audio Devices Are Installed". I checked device manager and it just cannot seem to find an audio driver.
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Is a driver included and not correctly installed? Sorry if one is separately available I cannot manage to enable it or find it.
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Trac 0.12BobTue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:36 GMThttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:1
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:1
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I'm having the same problem using an XP Pro guest on a Windows Vista 64-bit Host.
I'm trying to run Cisco VPN Client software on the XP since it won't run on a 64-bit
system (way to go Cisco!). I need to get the audio working on the XP. Any ideas? I tried installing drivers, but they cause system errors. I have the null audio driver (AC97) installed but it will not find the host audio. It says "no audio devices installed". I have the audio enabled in the settings page. Please help!
Replying to <a class="closed ticket" href="https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312" title="enhancement: No Audio/Sound in Windows Server 2008 Guest on GNU/Linux Host (closed: fixed)">vbgunz</a>:
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In regards to <a class="wiki" href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox">VirtualBox</a> 2.1.2. Audio works in Windows XP as a guest on Kubuntu 9.04. It uses PulseAudio/ICH AC97 without a problem. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for a Windows Server 2008 installation.
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I've enabled audio in WS08 *but* still see "No Audio Device Output is Installed" after logon. Checking sounds in Playback/Recording say "No Audio Devices Are Installed". I checked device manager and it just cannot seem to find an audio driver.
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Is a driver included and not correctly installed? Sorry if one is separately available I cannot manage to enable it or find it.
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Ticketdave.uggla@…Wed, 13 May 2009 20:18:50 GMThttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:2
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:2
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I have similar problem using Windows 7 Ultimate RC as the guest with Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) as the host OS.
A virtual XP machine on the same host can use sound fine, but Windows 7 reports that it cannot detect an audio device (PnP). The guest OS troubleshooter is no help.
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Is there a way to manually install the virtual device under Windows 7 RC instead of relying on auto-detection?
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Ticketdave.uggla@…Wed, 13 May 2009 21:04:53 GMThttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:3
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:3
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Replying to <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:2" title="Comment 2 for Ticket #3312">dave.uggla@gmail.com</a>:
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Additional information:
With audio disabled in VM settings, I do not detect an audio device. With audio enabled and using either ICH or SoundBlaster configured, Windows 7 reports that it cannot find a driver.
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Ticketdave.uggla@…Thu, 14 May 2009 07:29:02 GMThttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:4
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:4
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Well, that was quick. A little more experimenting shows that although Windows 7 RC did not have either driver available and (apparently) failed in its search for a compatible driver, there is an AC97 driver out there.
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Once the setting in <a class="wiki" href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox">VirtualBox</a> for the AC97 driver was made and the guest rebooted, the Windows Update site suddenly offered an "important" download of a new Intel Audio Driver. Once that update was applied, the sound started working properly.
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Possibly the beta carried more drivers with it than the RC, since I did not find anyone reporting problems with the Windows 7 beta.
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Note also that I had gone through Microsoft Update/ Windows Update numerous times before setting the emulated card to AC97 and no updated drivers were offered.
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TicketTechnologovMon, 09 Jan 2012 00:14:57 GMThttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:5
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:5
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This bug is no longer relevant with VBox 4.x.
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Please close as FIXED.
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-Technologov
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TicketfrankWed, 11 Jan 2012 17:36:30 GMTstatus changed; resolution sethttps://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:6
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3312#comment:6
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changed from <em>new</em> to <em>closed</em>
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set to <em>fixed</em>
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